Charlie Parker
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Charles Christopher Parker, Jr. (Kansas City, August 29, 1920 - New York, March 12, 1955), known as Charlie Parker, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Nicknamed Bird and Yardbird, he is considered one of the best alto saxophone players in the history of that musical genre, being one of the key figures in its evolution and one of its most legendary and admired artists. Similarly, according to jazz critics, he is one of the most important musicians in history along with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and Miles Davis.
Along with Bud Powell, Dizzy Gillespie and others, he is one of the pioneers of bebop. His style breaks with that of swing and is based on improvisation on a melody modifying the chords, thus creating new variations on the structure of the songs. In this sense, apart from his interpretive work, Parker is the author of several songs that have become jazz standards, such as «Ornithology», «Anthropology», «Scrapple from the Apple», «Ko Ko», «Now's the Time » and «Parker's Mood».